This $600 Computer Can Run Crysis on Very High
There are certain false rumors and internet memes that just don’t like to die. One of those is “but can it run Crysis?” A year and a half after its release, the game remains a formidable test of PC hardware. But it’s a test that can be passed now on a budget, without breaking the bank.
A Fading Melody interview at Fall Damage
I’ve just given an interview about A Fading Melody with Fall Damage. If you’re interested, check it out at the link below!
Post-Mortem: A Fading Melody
With my second fit-for-consumption game released, I thought I would do a Gamasutra-style post-mortem for anybody who is interested in the development process that went into A Fading Melody. So if you’re interested in learning a little bit more about the development of this indie platformer, read on!
A Fading Melody Released
Been a long time since I updated, hasn’t it? Well, I did warn you. And here’s what I’ve been working on: An artsy indie platformer game for the Xbox 360 called A Fading Melody. You like?
Best of all, A Fading Melody is only 200 MS points ($2.50) on Xbox Live Community Games.
Busy, Busy (and XNA Community Games)
You may expect a slight reduction in my frequency of posting for a bit. I’ve currently got two game projects coming to a boil and a novel to revise, not to mention some non-Geek Codex web writing to do.
In essence, I’m heavily booked at the moment and finding the creative energy to blog may be difficult. I’ll post what I can, when I can.
I’ll leave you with this: XNA Community Games are cool. If you have an Xbox 360, crack open the Game Marketplace section and give the following games a try, because I recommend them as fun.
- Colosseum - Cel-shaded 3D action/beat-em-up
- (sin)Surfing - Ride waves and do tricks with Atari 2600-style graphics
- Biology Battle - Geometry Wars-style top-down shooter with some neat visual tricks
Note to Microsoft: Please allow developers to give more than four minutes of trial play. It’s crippling for some games, like Blow, which I would probably recommend if I’d gotten the chance to play it beyond the tutorial levels.
Buffy’s Spike to Fight Bugs in Sci-Fi Channel ALIEN WESTERN
Muse Entertainment is reporting that James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has signed on to star in Alien Western (yes, that’s the real title), a made-for-TV Sci-Fi Channel original movie.
From the sound of it, the name pretty much says it all. Marsters will play as an outlaw about to be hanged when aliens rudely interrupt by attacking the Old West town. I’m going to hazard a wild guess and predict that he ends up shooting at said aliens. There may also be dynamite involved.
(And yes, I am to blame for the above Photoshop. And knowing the Sci-Fi Channel, it probably looks better than this movie’s special effects. But… James Marsters!)